Mattson v. Owens

—Order unanimously modified on the law and as modified affirmed without costs in accordance with the following Memorandum: In moving for summary judgment, defendants Maple City Disposal and Steven Smith, individually and doing business as Maple City Disposal (defendants) were required to establish their defense "sufficiently to warrant the court as a matter of law in directing judgment” in their favor (CPLR 3212 [b]; see, Iselin & Co. v Mann Judd Landau, 71 NY2d 420, 425). Defendants met that burden by submitting evidence in admissible form demonstrating that defendant William D. Owens was…